Heatherlee wrote: > My mother has this system OpenOffice.org2.1 installed on our computer; > however, every time I create a document, it turns out to be a odt document > and no one has a program to open that system up. > I was told to change the file format to a doc document and that still does > not open the files. > I love the program but I need to find some way to make it compatible to be > able to send my documents that I have created to other people. > It will not let me open any documents I have created and the computer > generates an error message. > What can I do. > I need to send the files I created since I am in the middle of a huge > litigation. > Please help. > Thank you. > Heatherlee Cato. > > OpenOffice can save documents in Microsoft Office format, but you have to use Save as and then chose the appropriate file type, from the drop down list. Simply changing the file extension from .ODT to .DOC will not work. Also make sure automatic file extension is selected. If you work only with Microsoft Office files, it is possible to make those formats the default for saving.
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